About Us
Award-winning Leaders are Readers use fun but effective teaching techniques. Pupils are given regular pre- and post-programme assessments. Our small class sizes ensure children receive individual attention. All pupils get structured and regular homework. Parents and pupils are given regular, constructive feed back and have access to tutors throughout the week. We use only experienced tutors who have had full security and background checks.
We hope you and your child will enjoy our programmes. The skills your child will acquire at Leaders are Readers will last a lifetime.
About the Tutors
Leaders are Readers only employ the brightest, most creative and professional staff. Find out more about the management and some of the tutors at the Winchmore Hill and Edgware centres.
Naheeda Syed
Manager – Winchmore Hill Centre
Naheeda is the Manager of the Winchmore Hill Centre. Having 3 children all under the age of 12, Naheeda enjoys working with young children and has a particularly keen interest in helping parents make the right choices for their children within an increasingly competitive and daunting educational climate.
Naheeda has an extensive working background within the field of education and has worked as a teacher and as a careers adviser in both schools and colleges. She obtained her Master's Degree at the London School of Economics and thereafter completed her teacher training qualification and later a careers advisory postgraduate diploma.
Esther Boateng
Reading Tutor and Pre 7+ Tutor – Winchmore Hill Centre
Esther has been teaching at Leaders are Readers for almost three years. Another high IQ individual, Esther started off as a tutor for the Reading Programme, but now teaches Maths and Language Sense to the pre 7+ classes, which she loves.
Esther is a gifted linguist and writer; she studied English and German at The University of Hertfordshire, before going on to complete a qualification in Journalism. She brings her creativity to each lesson and when she is not working as a freelance journalist or tutor, Esther loves nothing more than to get her yoga mat out or go street dancing. She is also a total film buff and shopaholic.
Julia Mandich
11+ Tutor – Edgware Centre
Julia has been with Leaders are Readers for almost two years and now tutors the 11+ classes. The students adore her. She studied Economics at The University of Manchester, and recently completed her Graduate Diploma in Law.
Julia's aim is to one day say that she has travelled all over the world; she loves visiting new countries and experiencing different cultures, travelling somewhere new every year. She also enjoys cooking and would love to own a cookery school for children one day.
Kaylita Chantiluke
Pre 11+ Tutor – Winchmore Hill Centre
Kaylita is one of our youngest and brightest tutors, and we are delighted to have her on board. She has been teaching the Pre 11+ class for almost two years, and brings a wealth of experience to the position. Kaylita is a qualified Medic from Oxford University and is currently studying for her PhD in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She has taught Biology A-Level at a revision school for 3 years and mentors potential Oxbridge medicals.
Her guilty pleasures include shopping in excess, eating in excess and dancing like a maniac at the weekends. We think she deserves time to play after all her hard work during the week!
Liz Lambert
7+ and Year 2 Tutor – Winchmore Hill Centre
Liz tutors the 7+ groups at the Winchmore Hill centre. She graduated with a First Class Honours degree in English and French from The University of Nottingham, and got her first job at Penguin Books, where she has been promoting some of the world's biggest children's brands. If her students are lucky, she sometimes gives away Peter Rabbit and Peppa Pig stickers and bookmarks – but only if they've learnt their spellings!
Liz loves tutoring and spent a year teaching English to French students in Bordeaux. She is also quite an adventure junkie and in her six-month travelling trip last year went white water rafting, scuba diving, surfing, canyoning and glacier hiking!
OJ Johnson-Sherlock
Year 4 and Year 5 Tutor – Winchmore Hill Centre
OJ teaches the pre-11+ class (year 4 and 5) Maths, Language Sense, VR and NVR.
She still recalls sitting practice papers fourteen years ago in VR and NVR when preparing for the 11+ to get into Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls. With a 2:1 degree in Jurisprudence (Law) from Oxford University, and an academic scholarship to bar school, OJ enjoys coaching her students in creative writing and mathematical reasoning.
Tutoring since she was about 13, OJ also currently tutors undergraduate law as well as mentoring people through the Oxbridge application process, including interview coaching. Yet she finds time to play netball at the weekends too! See OJ's brief interview with the Guardian newspaper on the Oxford University diversity row and her article in the newspaper.
Tina Liu
Maths and Language Sense Tutor – Winchmore Hill Centre
Tina is the permanent cover tutor at the Winchmore Hill Centre. With an ACCA and a 2:1 degree from the University of Sussex, Tina has a passion for puzzles, Maths, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning and everything brain taxing.
Tina's hobbies include reading, painting, playing the Wii as well as spending time with her young children who are 2- and 4-years old.
Peter Binks
11+ Tutor – Winchmore Hill Centre
We were thrilled to welcome Peter to our team last year. Peter is undertaking his PGCE to become a secondary school Biology teacher and we know that he will do a fabulous job. His background in Financial Recruitment makes him an excellent Maths tutor and confident communicator. He enjoys explaining how to do complex sums and encourages the children to stretch their brains as much as possible.
In his spare time, Peter enjoys training for triathlons. He recently completed his second Iron Man, which consisted of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile cycle and a 26.2-mile run!